File:Helena Freight House & Depot interpretative sign; 29 Lake Davidson Lane, Helena, AL 35080 Back.jpg

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Helena, Alabama (Continued from other side) By 1910, the town included four mercantile stores, two meat markets, two liveries, three doctors, a millinery, and a coal and a steel company. It served as the commercial center for neighboring mining communities such as Roebuck, Coalmont, Falliston, Mossboro, Zenaida, Straven and Acton. The first metal bridge over Buck Creek was erected in 1911. The present concrete dam was completed c. 1913 furnishing the water power generating the town’s first electricity and allowing for the instillation fo the first telephone service operated by C.T. Davidson, the son of early settler John W. Davidson. On May 5, 1933, many of Helena’s early buildings were destroyed by a devastating tornado that killed 12 people and injured 75. Alabama Governor Rufus Wills Cobb (1878-1882) was a resident of Helena and a charter member of the Helena Masonic Lodge (1876). Erected by the Alabama Tourism Department and the City of Helena May 2010

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